KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Malaysian and UK Islamic banks signed off on a standardised wakala deposit agreement on Tuesday, which some bankers said could help the industry reduce its reliance on ...

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01 November 2011 The groundbreaking planned sukuk issuance of USD 2 billion by Goldman Sachs will set new heights for the Islamic finance industry. I think the only reason why Goldman went for the ...

04 April 2012 During March, Saudi dairy and poultry firm Almarai issued the first series of its SAR 3.2 billion (USD 853 million) sukuk program for SAR 1 billion, which used a mudaraba-murabaha ...